# The Battle of Dogger Bank

- By: Sasaya
- Date: 1792
- Medium: metal, wood (plant material), lacquer (coating)
- Classification: lacquer panel
- Dimensions: height 36.9 cm x width 52.9 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/NG-NM-6309--58c16d710b6a78612c3a27046819f5ac)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/XivZN/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Adult profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Sasaya, a Japanese lacquerer, was commissioned by a Dutchman to depict the naval Battle of Dogger Bank in the North Sea, probably on the basis of a print. The panel shows the moment at the beginning of the engagement when the Dutch and the British ships lined up for battle.